Bagmashtu (also known as Bagparti, Bagvarti, Bagbartu) is an
Araratian (Urartian) goddess, and the consort or wife of the chief Urartian god
Haldi Haldi may refer to:
* Ḫaldi, an Urartian god
* ''Haldi'', Hindi/Punjabi/Bengali/Urdu/Gujarati name for the spice turmeric
* Haldi, Estonia, village in Estonia
* Haldi, Baltistan, a village in Pakistan
* Haldi River
Haldi River is a tributary o ...
. Although throughout most of
Urartu
Urartu (; Assyrian: ',Eberhard Schrader, ''The Cuneiform inscriptions and the Old Testament'' (1885), p. 65. Babylonian: ''Urashtu'', he, אֲרָרָט ''Ararat'') is a geographical region and Iron Age kingdom also known as the Kingdom of V ...
Arubani is known as Khaldi's wife, at the excavation of
Musasir
Muṣaṣir (Assyrian cuneiform: and variants, including Mutsatsir, Akkadian for ''Exit of the Serpent/Snake''), in Urartian Ardini was an ancient city of Urartu, attested in Assyrian sources of the 9th and 8th centuries BC.
It was acquired by ...
references to "Khaldi and his wife, Bagmashtu" were found inscribed on some of the items. It is assumed that when Urartu expanded its territories to include the area Musasir, local gods were incorporated and a new pantheon was created for that region. The locality and addition of Bagmashtu are supported by the fact that her name is of
Armenian
Armenian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
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origin.
References
*Piotrovsky, Boris B. (1969) The Ancient Civilization of Urartu: An Archaeological Adventure. Cowles Book Co.
Urartian deities
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